Rosalie Thorne McKenna
Dylan Thomas Reading his Poetry, YM-YWHA, New York. 1953. (Roy Poole, Nancy Wickwire, Dion Allen, Dylan Thomas, Sade Thompson, Al Collins)

Dylan Thomas Reading his Poetry, YM-YWHA, New York. 1953. (Roy Poole, Nancy Wickwire, Dion Allen, Dylan Thomas, Sade Thompson, Al Collins)
Dylan Thomas Reading his Poetry, YM-YWHA, New York. 1953. (Roy Poole, Nancy Wickwire, Dion Allen, Dylan Thomas, Sade Thompson, Al Collins)
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Dylan Thomas Reading his Poetry, YM-YWHA, New York. 1953. (Roy Poole, Nancy Wickwire, Dion Allen, Dylan Thomas, Sade Thompson, Al Collins)
Date1953
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/16 × 9 15/16 in. (16.3 × 25.3 cm)
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 10 3/8 in. (17.5 × 26.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lorraine Anne Davis
Object number2024.1276
Non exposé

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ProvenanceLorraine Anne Davis, Houston; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top left: 7, 1953 // 2 [underlined]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right corner: SB Show // LWT
Inscribed in black ink on green applied sticker, verso, upper right: B // 31-11
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper left in cursive: Dylan Thomas // reading his poetry // YM – YWHA
Stamped in black ink, verso, upper right: Photo By: // ROLLIE MCKENNA // ONE HANCOX STREET // STONINGTON CONN. // AREA CODE 203 535-0110 // Not To Be Reproduced // Without Permission // Please Credit With Photo
Inscribed in pencil, verso, across center and partially cut-off at the right: Roy Poole, Nancy Wickwire, Dion Allen, Dylan Th[cut-off] // Sada Thompson (Stewart) [crossed out], Al Collins
Printed in black on applied label, verso, bottom left: © Rollie McKenna // 1 Hancox Street // Stonington, CT 06378 // (203) 535-0110/2126
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom edge starting at left and partially cut-off at start: [illegible] to get info on who took what parts) // [cut-off]

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